Davis Emery Hembree

Brief Life History of Davis Emery

When Davis Emery Hembree was born on 16 May 1816, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, Abraham Hembree, was 59 and his mother, Nancy Winnifred Jackson, was 56. He married Adeline Miller in 1837. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Cocke, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died in 1891, at the age of 75.

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Davis Emery Hembree
1816–1891
Adeline Miller
1813–1887
Marriage: 1837
James Washington Hembree
1836–1912
Jinny Hembree
Polly Hembree
Rev. Joseph Connell Hembree
1841–1907
Abraham Hembree
1845–
Sarah Ann Hembree
1849–1910
Miller A Hembree
1852–1916
Nancy Lucinda Hembree
1855–
Charlotte Hembree
1857–
George Columbus Hembree
1858–1931
Thomas Riley Hembree
1862–1920

Sources (6)

  • David Hembree, "United States Census, 1860"
  • David Hembree in entry for Grief Hembree, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
  • Davis Hembree, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1822 · Slave Rebellion

On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Hembrey, a variant of Amery , with excrescent H-.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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